page_title: History of Los Angeles Metro Rail and Busway
section_title: 2012: Orange Line Chatsworth Extension
hierarchical_section_title: History of Los Angeles Metro Rail and Busway / 2012: Orange Line Chatsworth Extension
caption_attribution_description: English: Metro Orange Line at Chatsworth Station — in Chatsworth, Los Angeles.
context_page_description: The history of the Los Angeles Metro Rail and Busway system begins in the early 1970s, when the traffic-choked region began planning a rapid transit system. The first dedicated busway opened along the 10 freeway in 1973, and the region's first light rail line, the Blue Line opened in 1990. Today the system includes over 160 miles of heavy rail, light rail, and bus rapid transit lines, with multiple new lines under construction as of 2019.
context_section_description: On June 23, 2009 construction began on a four-mile (6 km) extension of the Orange Line busway from Canoga northward to the Metrolink station in Chatsworth. Metro's board approved the plan on September 28, 2006, and it was completed in 2012 at a cost of $215 million ($239 million adjusted for inflation). This continues to follow the abandoned SP Burbank Branch roadbed. Revenue service opened on June 30, 2012.
  When the Chatsworth extension of the Metro Orange Line opened on June 30, 2012, several different service patterns used the busway network, including a peak-hour shuttle between Chatsworth and Warner Center. To provide service on these shuttles, several NABI 45-foot (14 m) Compo buses were assigned to the Metro Orange Line. In 2018, Warner Center, which was the only stop on the line outside the dedicated busway, was removed from the Orange Line, with a frequent local shuttle service connecting it to Canoga; subsequently Orange Line buses only travelled along the busway, with alternate short turn buses at peak hours stopping at Canoga.
caption: Metro Orange Line at Chatsworth Metro Orange Line Station. The 4-mile extension from Canoga Station to Chatsworth opened June 30, 2012.
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